U.S. Presidential History #1

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1. Which President also served as Speaker of the House? Gerald Ford John Quincy Adams Andrew Johnson James K. Polk

2. Which President served in the U.S. Senate after his Presidency? Martin Van Buren James K. Polk Andrew Johnson John Tyler

3. Which President also served in the Confederate Congress? John Tyler Zachary Taylor Andrew Johnson Rutherford B. Hayes

4. Which President had the only foreign-born wife? John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge Chester A. Arthur

5. How many Presidents regularly wore beards while serving as President? 3 4 5 6

6. Which President had the shortest inaugural address? Herbert Hoover Zachary Taylor George Washington Andrew Johnson

7. Which President was a classmate of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? Millard Fillmore James Buchanan Martin Van Buren Franklin Pierce

8. Which President served in the House of Representatives after his Presidency? John Tyler Millard Fillmore William Howard Taft John Quincy Adams

9. Which President's wife was the first first lady to graduate from college? William McKinley Chester A. Arthur Rutherford B. Hayes William Howard Taft

10. Who was the first President born in the 20th century (Hint: in order of birth, not in order of attaining the presidency)? Lyndon B. Johnson Harry S Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy

11. Who was the only President born on July 4? Lyndon Johnson Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover James Garfield

12. Who was the first President to receive a Nobel Prize? William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt Jimmy Carter

13. Who was the first President to have a child born in the White House? Theodore Roosevelt Grover Cleveland John Tyler John F. Kennedy

14. How many Presidents were elected to office immediately after serving as Vice-President (not counting the possibility of Al Gore)? 5 2 4 3

15. Who was the first President born west of the Mississippi River? Herbert Hoover William Howard Taft Warren G. Harding William McKinley